Artyk is a village in
Kaka District
Kaka District is a district of Ahal Province, Turkmenistan.
In ancient times the area was a fertile agricultural plain to the north of the Kopet Dag mountain range. A number of important Bronze Age sites exist in the area, such as Ulug Depe and Ab ...
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Ahal Province
Ahal Region (; from , also ) is one of five provinces of Turkmenistan. It is in the south-center of the country, bordering Iran and Afghanistan along the Kopet Dag Range. Its area is and population 886,845 (2022 census).''Statistical Yearbook ...
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Turkmenistan
Turkmenistan is a landlocked country in Central Asia bordered by Kazakhstan to the northwest, Uzbekistan to the north, east and northeast, Afghanistan to the southeast, Iran to the south and southwest and the Caspian Sea to the west. Ash ...
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It is primarily noteworthy as a border crossing into
Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia to the northwest, the Caspian Sea to the north, Turkmenistan to the nort ...
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Lotfabad
Lotfabad () is a city in, and the capital of, Lotfabad District of Dargaz County, Razavi Khorasan province, Iran. On the Iran-Turkmenistan border, it is the site of an official crossing point to Turkmenistan
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, one of three such crossings in Ahal Province.
Etymology
The word ''artyk'' means "excess" in
Turkmen. It was the name of one of the first settlers in this area.
References
Populated places in Ahal Region
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